Found Deceased CT - Jessica Edwards, 30, South Windsor, 9 May 2021 *husband arrested*

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Wouldn’t the laptop have some damage if it was thrown at someone’s head? The police looked at the laptop to look have TJ look at her bank records. They didn’t mention any damage. Just another one of his lies I guess.
I’m glad the baby is with her family. I hope the guinea pigs found a home as well.
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That would probably cause damage to the head, as well.
 
everybodhi said:
That would probably cause damage to the head, as well.
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RIP Jessica Edwards. This is so heart breaking.

IMO
Could this be a hate crime?
Was she targeted? How did they meet?
It looks her husband loved cars.
It seems like it was premediated and calculated. I wonder if there was someone else involved in the scheme.

Carefully, look at his fb posts throughout the year.
Look at the sexual position that he posted. (power and control)
The couple did not agree on how they should spend their money. He wanted to spend the money on cars and games.
They had differences on how the police handled situations. (current events).
He referred to parts of his baby as a transmission.

He loved cars and the finer things in life. I don't think it was a crime of passion but greed. He is calculating the time he may get for the crime.
I would check his criminal history.
I would check to see if there are any insurance policies out there too.

It looks like he must have gained access to her computer at 2am and sent and email on her behalf. Also, he may have posted to her fb page without her consent too.


She found out that morning and became upset.

Look at the t shirt he was wearing when he was arrested.

I would check his computer for queries, searches and phone contacts.
 
As despicable as TH is, I'm not sure that he sent the call-out to the clinical instructor. In the arrest warrant it says, " Interviews with other classmates that morning confirmed that Victim had discussed calling out for her class that day to prepare for her finals".
 
Timeline: The disappearance and death of Jessica Edwards in South Windsor

Below is a timeline from about two days before she went missing until her husband’s most recent court appearance.

May 8
-Edwards and Hutchinson argued all day

May 9
-Edwards and Hutchinson again argued throughout the day. At one point it turned physical, and he claimed Edwards tried to hit him and threw items at him. He told investigators he pushed her hard and she hit her head on something and her ear started to bleed

-Edwards left for her mother’s house in East Hartford at 8:17 p.m. to pick up her 7-month-old son. Edwards told the family she and Hutchinson had been arguing that day

-Edwards got back to her South Windsor condo at 11:29 p.m. and the couple continued to argue.

-The affidavit shows this is the last day Edwards made a purchase using her bank card.

May 10
-At 6:43 a.m., Hutchinson took two photos with his cellphone of a computer screen where he had logged into Edwards’ bank account.

-Hutchinson and Edwards began arguing in the morning

-A neighbor’s surveillance footage shows that Edwards is never seen leaving her condo this day, investigators said.

-This is the last day Edwards’ cellphone connected to the WiFi at her South Windsor home, but digital investigators were unable to pinpoint a time.

-Hutchinson claimed to investigators in his confession that Edwards allegedly hit him in the head with a laptop and grabbed a knife. He said the two wrestled over the knife, then he pinned her down and flipped her on her stomach. He told police he knelt on her back and neck until she stopped moving, the affidavit. He told investigators he didn’t immediately realize she was dead.

-Throughout the rest of the day, Hutchinson told investigators he left Edwards’ body in the condo and tended to the couple’s son while avoiding calls from her family.

-At 10:27 p.m., a neighbor’s surveillance footage shows a Jeep pull up to the condo’s entrance and stays there until 10:43 p.m.

-At 10:46 a.m., South Windsor police took a “frantic” 911 call from Edwards’ sister who reported she was at her sister’s South Windsor home to check on her welfare and her sister’s husband sped off when she confronted him, the affidavit reads. She told officers who responded to the scene she believed he might have had her sister’s dead body in the back of his Jeep.

-South Windsor officers responded to the scene and searched the home under concern that Edwards might have been harmed. They did not find her or signs of a struggle.

-From 10:57 p.m. to 11:07 p.m., Hutchinson’s cellphone connected with a tower near Labor Park in East Hartford.

-At 11:14 p.m., Hutchinson arrived at East Hartford Police Department, barefoot, to report Edwards missing. He later told police he was barefoot because his shoes were muddy from when he allegedly dumped her body in the wooded area.

-South Windsor officers started conducting neighborhood canvasses for any information, witnesses or camera systems. A K-9 unit was called to try a track. Police seized divorce papers completed by Edwards but not yet filed that Edwards’ sister found in the home, the affidavit reads.

May 11
-Investigators said Hutchinson’s cellphone data again showed the device connected to the same tower near Labor Field in East Hartford from 2:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.

-At 7:57 a.m., Edwards’ sister called police to report she was at the South Windsor home and Hutchinson walked out to the dumpster, “acting weird and has visible scratches on his face.”

-Investigators searched the area around Edwards’ condo along the wood line, pond in the center area and dumpsters on the property without finding any evidence. A K-9 unit searched around the condo, Amato Drive and the wooded area without finding anything.

-Hutchinson’s parents, who he did not tell his wife had gone missing, showed up after Edwards’ sister and other family members went to their place in Manchester to tell them Edwards was missing and they believed Hutchinson “has something to do with her disappearance,” according to the affidavit.

-For DNA purposes, police seized a bra and underwear belonging to Edwards to be sent to the state lab for the missing person investigation. Police also took one of Edwards’ shoes to use as a scent article for police dog tracks, investigators said.

-Hutchinson told police he would stay with his parents in Manchester. At his parents’ house later that day, Hutchinson again spoke with investigators and agreed to let them do a forensic search of his cellphone, the affidavit shows.

May 13
-Hutchinson was interviewed for three hours by investigators at South Windsor police headquarters.

-Hutchinson agreed to let police bring a specialized dog trained in sniffing out electronics to his home to see if they could find Edwards’ phone. He agreed to let investigators search the couple’s three vehicles as well.

-During the search, investigators seized a comforter from the back of one of the vehicles, Hutchinson’s Jeep, which they said had a “possible bloodlike substance” on it, investigators wrote in the affidavit.In the Jeep’s console, investigators found Edwards’ driver’s license and debit card.

May 14
-A judge signed search warrants for all the vehicles, the South Windsor condo and Hutchinson and Edwards’ T-Mobile accounts, records show.

-Three cadaver dogs went through all vehicles and the home but did not hit on anything. The gray cargo area privacy cover from the Jeep was swabbed after investigators saw blood on the handle, according to the affidavit.

-A white and gray pillow found in the condo’s bedroom with blood stains on it was seized as evidence, the affidavit shows.


May 15
-A neighbor on Amato Drive called South Windsor police to let them know they had a camera that faces near Edwards’ condo. Investigators spent three days reviewing the footage of the days leading up to and after Edwards’ disappearance.

May 17
-Investigators contacted the state lab and requested an expedited letter for the following items: the blanket, the privacy cover and the swab of suspected blood. The items were taken to the lab in Meriden that same day, according to the affidavit.

May 20
-Investigators got the cellphone data requested from T-Mobile for Hutchinson’s and Edwards’ cellphones.

-At 7 p.m., inevstigators used a drone to search the wooded area near where investigators believed Edwards might be, based on the cellphone data. Police were unable to find her before it got dark and called off the search for the night.

May 21
-At 8:30 a.m., state and South Windsor police started searching the wooded area in East Hartford again, picking up on the search from the night before, and soon found a body matching Edwards’ description

-At 3:40 p.m., Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner James Gill positively identified the body as Edwards based on a birthmark on her right shoulder, records show.

-Investigators doing surveillance at Hutchinson’s parents’ Manchester home, where Hutchinson was staying, spoke with him outside the house for about 3 hours. During that time, investigators said he provided a confession, according to the affidavit.

May 24
-Hutchinson appeared in court on the manslaughter charge and the judge upped his bail to $1.5 million. His case was transfered to Superior Court in Hartford, where more serious felonies are heard.
 
mlhenn said:
Timeline: The disappearance and death of Jessica Edwards in South Windsor

Below is a timeline from about two days before she went missing until her husband’s most recent court appearance.

May 8
-Edwards and Hutchinson argued all day

May 9
-Edwards and Hutchinson again argued throughout the day. At one point it turned physical, and he claimed Edwards tried to hit him and threw items at him. He told investigators he pushed her hard and she hit her head on something and her ear started to bleed

-Edwards left for her mother’s house in East Hartford at 8:17 p.m. to pick up her 7-month-old son. Edwards told the family she and Hutchinson had been arguing that day

-Edwards got back to her South Windsor condo at 11:29 p.m. and the couple continued to argue.

-The affidavit shows this is the last day Edwards made a purchase using her bank card.

May 10
-At 6:43 a.m., Hutchinson took two photos with his cellphone of a computer screen where he had logged into Edwards’ bank account.

-Hutchinson and Edwards began arguing in the morning

-A neighbor’s surveillance footage shows that Edwards is never seen leaving her condo this day, investigators said.

-This is the last day Edwards’ cellphone connected to the WiFi at her South Windsor home, but digital investigators were unable to pinpoint a time.

-Hutchinson claimed to investigators in his confession that Edwards allegedly hit him in the head with a laptop and grabbed a knife. He said the two wrestled over the knife, then he pinned her down and flipped her on her stomach. He told police he knelt on her back and neck until she stopped moving, the affidavit. He told investigators he didn’t immediately realize she was dead.

-Throughout the rest of the day, Hutchinson told investigators he left Edwards’ body in the condo and tended to the couple’s son while avoiding calls from her family.

-At 10:27 p.m., a neighbor’s surveillance footage shows a Jeep pull up to the condo’s entrance and stays there until 10:43 p.m.

-At 10:46 a.m., South Windsor police took a “frantic” 911 call from Edwards’ sister who reported she was at her sister’s South Windsor home to check on her welfare and her sister’s husband sped off when she confronted him, the affidavit reads. She told officers who responded to the scene she believed he might have had her sister’s dead body in the back of his Jeep.

-South Windsor officers responded to the scene and searched the home under concern that Edwards might have been harmed. They did not find her or signs of a struggle.

-From 10:57 p.m. to 11:07 p.m., Hutchinson’s cellphone connected with a tower near Labor Park in East Hartford.

-At 11:14 p.m., Hutchinson arrived at East Hartford Police Department, barefoot, to report Edwards missing. He later told police he was barefoot because his shoes were muddy from when he allegedly dumped her body in the wooded area.

-South Windsor officers started conducting neighborhood canvasses for any information, witnesses or camera systems. A K-9 unit was called to try a track. Police seized divorce papers completed by Edwards but not yet filed that Edwards’ sister found in the home, the affidavit reads.

May 11
-Investigators said Hutchinson’s cellphone data again showed the device connected to the same tower near Labor Field in East Hartford from 2:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.

-At 7:57 a.m., Edwards’ sister called police to report she was at the South Windsor home and Hutchinson walked out to the dumpster, “acting weird and has visible scratches on his face.”

-Investigators searched the area around Edwards’ condo along the wood line, pond in the center area and dumpsters on the property without finding any evidence. A K-9 unit searched around the condo, Amato Drive and the wooded area without finding anything.

-Hutchinson’s parents, who he did not tell his wife had gone missing, showed up after Edwards’ sister and other family members went to their place in Manchester to tell them Edwards was missing and they believed Hutchinson “has something to do with her disappearance,” according to the affidavit.

-For DNA purposes, police seized a bra and underwear belonging to Edwards to be sent to the state lab for the missing person investigation. Police also took one of Edwards’ shoes to use as a scent article for police dog tracks, investigators said.

-Hutchinson told police he would stay with his parents in Manchester. At his parents’ house later that day, Hutchinson again spoke with investigators and agreed to let them do a forensic search of his cellphone, the affidavit shows.

May 13
-Hutchinson was interviewed for three hours by investigators at South Windsor police headquarters.

-Hutchinson agreed to let police bring a specialized dog trained in sniffing out electronics to his home to see if they could find Edwards’ phone. He agreed to let investigators search the couple’s three vehicles as well.

-During the search, investigators seized a comforter from the back of one of the vehicles, Hutchinson’s Jeep, which they said had a “possible bloodlike substance” on it, investigators wrote in the affidavit.In the Jeep’s console, investigators found Edwards’ driver’s license and debit card.

May 14
-A judge signed search warrants for all the vehicles, the South Windsor condo and Hutchinson and Edwards’ T-Mobile accounts, records show.

-Three cadaver dogs went through all vehicles and the home but did not hit on anything. The gray cargo area privacy cover from the Jeep was swabbed after investigators saw blood on the handle, according to the affidavit.

-A white and gray pillow found in the condo’s bedroom with blood stains on it was seized as evidence, the affidavit shows.


May 15
-A neighbor on Amato Drive called South Windsor police to let them know they had a camera that faces near Edwards’ condo. Investigators spent three days reviewing the footage of the days leading up to and after Edwards’ disappearance.

May 17
-Investigators contacted the state lab and requested an expedited letter for the following items: the blanket, the privacy cover and the swab of suspected blood. The items were taken to the lab in Meriden that same day, according to the affidavit.

May 20
-Investigators got the cellphone data requested from T-Mobile for Hutchinson’s and Edwards’ cellphones.

-At 7 p.m., inevstigators used a drone to search the wooded area near where investigators believed Edwards might be, based on the cellphone data. Police were unable to find her before it got dark and called off the search for the night.

May 21
-At 8:30 a.m., state and South Windsor police started searching the wooded area in East Hartford again, picking up on the search from the night before, and soon found a body matching Edwards’ description

-At 3:40 p.m., Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner James Gill positively identified the body as Edwards based on a birthmark on her right shoulder, records show.

-Investigators doing surveillance at Hutchinson’s parents’ Manchester home, where Hutchinson was staying, spoke with him outside the house for about 3 hours. During that time, investigators said he provided a confession, according to the affidavit.

May 24
-Hutchinson appeared in court on the manslaughter charge and the judge upped his bail to $1.5 million. His case was transfered to Superior Court in Hartford, where more serious felonies are heard.
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Thank you for this!!!

Next court date is 6/1. Given the confession, do we think we'll actually even see a trial here? I hope JE's family is given swift justice, especially for her son's sake.
 
“He killed her in front of her baby,” Yanique Edwards, Jessica Edwards’ sister said Monday at Manchester Superior Court following Hutchinson’s arraignment. “His actions after the murder show it was not manslaughter. He intentionally hid the body.”

Sgt. Mark Cleverdon maintains that police had probable cause for a murder charge.
Based off (Hutchinson’s) confession and other evidence there was intent in this case,” he said, adding that everything in the arrest warrant affidavit for Hutchinson met the statutory obligation for a murder charge.

But William Dunlap, a 38-year law professor at Quinnipiac University, said establishing murder requires the prosecutor to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Hutchinson intended to kill her.

“The prosecution may simply have concluded that based on his story and based on the forensic evidence, it looks more like an unintentional killing,” he said.

Gray described manslaughter cases as a “crime of passion.

“The person gets involved in a fight and they accidentally kill somebody they had not set out to kill from the beginning,” he said. “That is a separate crime from murder — the deliberate killing of another person without malice or forethought.”

Experts say murder difficult to prove in Jessica Edwards case | Crime & Courts | journalinquirer.com
 
Jessica Edwards died during fight about guinea pigs: husband

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A Connecticut man accused of killing his wifeconfessed to kneeling on her neck until she stopped breathing, claiming that they were in a violent fight over guinea pigs that he gave her as a present, police said.

Police: Husband confesses to wife's death, hiding body

Hutchinson told police that it started with an argument about guinea pigs on May 9 turned into a physical altercation.

...

He told police he kept the body there all day while Edwards' family kept inquiring about where she was.

South Windsor PD: Evidence still being processed in Jessica Edwards case


Sgt. Mark Cleverdon said his agency advocated for a murder charge, which the State’s Attorney prosecuting the case against Hutchinson could still consider.

“There is still some evidence that needs to be processed at the state lab in Meriden,” Cleverdon said on Tuesday.
 
Premeditation isn’t easy, IMO. The sister was quoted in one of the listed articles that hiding the body proves intent. I’m NOT at all trying to nitpick the poor sister - what he did after the act does not establish premeditation here, at least not from the info contained in the arrest warrant.

I’m just glad that this loser isn’t tech-savvy or particularly smart - should be easy to lock him away for a long, long time.
 

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The Town of South Windsor sends it deepest regrets and sympathy to the family and friends of Jessica Edwards. We had held out hope that Jessica would be found safe. While that is not the case at least we can find solace in that she is at peace.

Additionally, we would like to recognize the South Windsor Police Department in their diligent efforts that never waivered in the search for Jessica. Local, State and Federal agencies exhibited an unparalleled level of professionalism, knowledge and expertise. As a community, we are fortunate to have such dedicated individuals working for us.
 
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The court hearing for Tahj Hutchinson, the husband of a South Windsor woman facing first-degree manslaughter charges in connection with her death, has been moved to July 15.

The hearing, which will be remote, was originally scheduled for Tuesday in Hartford Superior Court. The Hartford State Attorney’s office did not return questions about why the hearing was postponed.


However, State Attorney Sharmese Walcott said in an email that the investigation is ongoing in the case.
Court date for husband in South Windsor woman’s death moved to July 15 - News Break
 
Husband of Jessica Edwards to Appear in Court in July

Hutchinson last appeared in court on May 24 where his bond was set at $1.5 million.

Tahj Hutchinson is scheduled to appear in court on July 15 in connection to her death.

He is charged with first-degree manslaughter.


2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 53a-55. Manslaughter in the first degree: Class B felony.


Manslaughter in the First Degree 53a-55
A person is guilty of this crime in the state of Connecticut in three instances.

The first way a person may be guilty of the crime of this offense is when:

  • They intend to cause serious harm to another person.
  • They cause the death of that person.
The second way a person may be found guilty of the this crime in the state of Connecticut is:

  • They intend to cause the death of another person.
  • They cause the death of that person.
  • The act was performed when the defendant was under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance.
The third way a person may be guilty of the crime in the state of Connecticut is:

  • A person recklessly engages in conduct.
  • The conduct creates a grave risk of death to another person.
  • The defendant shows extreme indifference to human life.
  • The defendant causes the death of another person.
The possible punishments for this crime in the state of Connecticut are:

  • One to 20 years in prison.
 
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